7 train should make MTA 'ashamed,' Queens politician says

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) has been crusading to improve service along the 7 train, which serves his district of Sunnyside. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)

The MTA should be "ashamed" of how it runs the No. 7 train, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer said in a letter Friday.

Van Bramer (D-Queens) wrote to MTA Chair Tom Prendergast saying that the morning train piled up for six out of the last seven days since transit execs held a town hall meeting in Queens for aggrieved riders on April 5.

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"At the most basic level, the MTA must provide functioning signals and trains to prevent riders from experiencing massive delays," he wrote.